692.
The carboxylation and oxygenation processes of a model substrate, 3,4-dihydroxy-2-pentanone, have been theoreticaly characterized
as a set of steps, mimicking the corresponding reactions of
D-ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate catalyzed by rubisco. A theoretical characterization is carried out of transition-state structures
and possible molecular intermediates represented as saddle points of index 1 and minimum energy structures, respectively.
The quantum chemical characterization, at the HF/3-21G calculation level, of these stationary points is used to rationalize
and to discuss both catalyzed sequences. The reported set of these stationary points maps out most experimental aspects of
the reaction pathways for the real system.
Received: 24 March 1998 / Accepted: 3 September 1998 / Published online: 10 December 1998
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